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Summary

Elon Musk accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of “feeding off the dead bodies of soldiers” and falsely claimed he is “despised” by Ukrainians, echoing Donald Trump’s rhetoric.

Musk also threatened changes to X’s Community Notes after fact-checkers refuted his claims. Trump and Musk’s remarks align with Russian propaganda, prompting European leaders to reaffirm support for Ukraine.

Observers rejected claims that Ukraine is a dictatorship, emphasizing that its wartime election suspension is both legal and justified, similar to the UK's approach during World War II.

Critics argue Musk’s stance undermines free speech and factual discourse while aiding Kremlin narratives against Ukraine.

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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 116 points 2 days ago
[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 92 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Any country that is running an election needs to block X right away.

[-] land@lemmy.ml 43 points 1 day ago

100% why tf is this man given so much power?

[-] mkhopper@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Because no one has the sack to put a stop to it.
Trump is out for blood this term, and even the slightest hint of dissention will get you fired and dragged through the razors.

Other than pandering, notice how quiet the GOP has been lately.

[-] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

Seriously, what's the point in keeping it around? There's really very little if any upside.

[-] mkhopper@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Block ~~X~~ Elon.

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[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago

So, musk and co. are eating dead people. On brand.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 107 points 2 days ago

What a fascist cunt.

[-] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago

He knows we can talk to the people of Ukraine, doesn't he? Like, it's not like the olden days where very few people ever directly communicated with people from other countries. You can't just pretend we don't know how they feel about stuff.

Elections are suspended because no one has time to "run an election". Basically, that is not at all what is important right now. A much larger and more powerful country is literally trying to erase them. It's so far failing to do so in a staggering way that is probably super embarrassing. Ukraine is not doing OK in the grander sense, of course, but they are doing way better than anyone would have expected, especially the Ukrainian people. Zelensky has managed to maintain both support and respect, but more importantly, morale.

Zelensky is a big problem to Russia, you know how you can tell? Listen to Elon and Trump talk about him...

[-] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 day ago

Elections are suspended because no one has time to “run an election”.

And also (if I've understood correctly) it's straight up impossible by Ukrainian laws to run elections when martial law is active. They'll hold democratic elections eventually and choose the next president but until then Zelenskyi is sitting president. Things run just like their laws mandate.

In some other country there's memecoin agency operating without any legal oversight with considerable power, maybe look on to that first...

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[-] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 75 points 2 days ago

It still baffles me that the party that wraps itself in the American flag and calls themselves "Patriots" seem to have no problem what so ever in letting a non-elected immigrant run the country.

[-] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 22 points 1 day ago

*Non-elected illegal immigrant

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[-] teamevil@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago

Fuck that south African Nazi scum

[-] the_q@lemm.ee 19 points 1 day ago

In a country known for guns, poor mental health care and prideful morons you'd figure this fuck face would be dead already. No one willing to take one for the team, eh? Me either.

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[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I have to say I find this somewhat curious. Why is Musk aligning with Putin? I don't think it's just to echo Trump, but I also don't see how it's in his interest to do so. Being pro-russian is not exactly popular among Americans, across the whole political spectrum, and neither it is among allied nations. Does Putin have some kind of insane leverage, or what's in it for Musk?

Is he just so deep in his delusion that the world is his own shitposting messageboard that he's too busy being edgy to realize he's committing suicide?

[-] friedmag@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 day ago

He sees a model of oligarchy he likes. What else is needed? He has more money than anyone could ever spend in a thousand lifetimes. But now he has power, and it was so, so easy for him.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

I think this is it, Musk is playing a different game than most of the others.

He knows that there are very few dollars left to squeeze out of the free market... So he is getting in on the ground floor of a new type of oligarch fascism he likes. Now he can not only control his competition, but the very basis of USD value itself... If you the think his stock market and crypto scams were bad, you haven't seen nothing yet.

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

Every person, every business on this fascist propaganda sewer is now on The List. Time's up.

Oh you need it for - Don't care. It's a good tool to - Don't care. OFF. NOW.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago

“feeding off the dead bodies of soldiers”

Then tell Russia to stop sending soldiers. It takes two to tango.

Though, given the many sexual harassment/assault allegations against him, maybe he doesn't.

[-] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

If your personal tastes lean towards treason, maybe the Republican party is right for you.

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago

Remember how everyone applauded him for giving starlink to Ukraine? Yeah...

[-] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 day ago

"Giving" as in "US military paid them and Elon took credit for it".

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[-] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Sounds like the rantings of a mad man tripping on ketamine and coke

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